May 1, 2026
“The Pro-Life Generation has led the way in revolutionizing the legislative response to Chemical Abortion Pills. At the state and federal levels, leaders like those in Iowa are hitting the abortion drug cartel where it hurts them most — in their wallets,” said Students for Life Action’s Kristan Hawkins.
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DES MOINES, IA. (05-01-2026) – Students for Life Action (SFLAction) President Kristan Hawkins applauded Iowa State House Representatives for passing the SFLAction-championed “Abortion-Inducing Drugs Informed Consent Act” (HF2788). If signed into law, the measure would require in-person dispensing for Chemical Abortion Pills and impose civil penalties via lawsuits against Chemical Abortion Pill vendors who are disseminating the deadly pills in violation of the bill’s parameters. It also requires doctors and physicians to obtain a signed patient agreement form, detailing specific health and safety information, including the possibility of abortion reversal and how to access emergency care.
“This is what GOP legislators should be doing – pushing pro-life legislation addressing a killer that moves through the mail — Chemical Abortion Pills. These deadly drugs expose women in injury, infertility, and death, empower abusers, and create abortion water pollution by the tons,” said Hawkins. “We are seeing this kind of legislation trending across the country.”
SFLAction is also asking the Iowa Senate leadership to amend this bill to fully stop all Chemical Abortion Pills from coming into the state of Iowa, whether from out-of-state or in-state.
These dangerous pills are being bought and sold by out-of-state manufacturers and shipped into the state of Iowa where doctors are able to legally prescribe them. This informed consent law is a good steppingstone, but true protection for women and preborn children will only come when these dangerous pills are made fully illegal in Iowa.
According to a January 2026 Students for Life of America’s Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement poll released and conducted by Survey USA, the Youth Vote, which makes upnearly half of the electorate, agrees on the importance of legislation like the “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act.” More than 9 in 10 supported a federal review of Chemical Abortion Pill policy and the reinstatement of health and safety standards that have been stripped away from Chemical Abortion Pills, leaving women at risk for injury, infertility, death, and abuse at the hands of those who use the deadly pills against women without their consent. Half of the Youth Vote also supports in-person dispensing requirements for Chemical Abortion Pills to protect women from abuse, with only 27% opposing such requirements.
If passed, the “Abortion-Inducing Drugs Informed Consent Act” would:
- Dictate that Chemical Abortion Pills can only be dispensed directly to the patient in a healthcare setting by an authorized healthcare professional, except in medical emergencies.
- Require physicians to screen for coercion; acquire a signed consent form that details risks, abortion pill reversal options, and emergency care access; and conduct an in-person examination before disseminating Chemical Abortion Pills.
- Require physicians and hospitals to report detailed information about Chemical Abortion Pill complications to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for HHS to create anonymized statistical reports on Chemical Abortion Pill complications.
- Hold Chemical Abortion Pill vendors civilly liable for dissemination of Chemical Abortion Pills in violation of the “Abortion-Inducing Drugs Act” and gives standing to those injured or negatively affected by the illegal dissemination to bring lawsuits against the Chemical Abortion Pill vendors.
- Clarify that a miscarriage is not an abortion.
- Require miscarriage medical reports to include whether the patient used Chemical Abortion Pills within two weeks of the miscarriage.
SFLAction is encouraging Iowa voters to join the fight by calling their State Senators and telling them to amend HF2788 to fully ban ALL Chemical Abortion Pills in the state of Iowa.
SFLAction’s push to get the “Abortion-Inducing Drugs Informed Consent Act” passed is part of our larger Make America Pro-Life Again Roadmap. Launched last November, this legislative package built upon the Gonzales v. Carhart case will help take down abortion at the state and federal level.
TO LEARN ABOUT STUDENTS FOR LIFE ACTION’S MAKE AMERICA PRO-LIFE AGAIN ROADMAP, CLICK HERE.
SFLAction has been extremely active in legislative sessions throughout the past several years, educating voters and engaging lawmakers. During the Spring 2025 legislative session in states across America, SFLAction:
- Tracked and monitored over 1,100 abortion-related bills
- Drove efforts on 25 pro-life and pro-abortion bills across 16 states
- Introduced 20 SFLAction-inspired bills
- Testified in committees in five states: Arkansas, Maine, Montana, Texas, and West Virginia
- Visited offices of more than 100 state AND federal lawmakers
- Equipped more than 6,000 student leaders to engage in visiting more than 100,000 homes in 27 states and urge voters to tell their lawmakers to support pro-life legislation
- Engaged with hundreds of millions of constituents around the country
- Sent over 2,300,000+ personal text messages in support of pro-life bills
- Made 750,000+ phone calls to pro-life constituents
- Generated 20,000+ emails and 750,000+ calls from pro-life constituents to their legislators
- Sent 150,000+ mailers in seven states
TO LEARN ABOUT STUDENTS FOR LIFE ACTION’S MAKE AMERICA PRO-LIFE AGAIN ROADMAP, CLICK HERE.
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The Pro-Life Generation (PLG) is an umbrella organization encompassing the most-cutting edge engagement opportunities for a Vote Pro-Life First Community. PLG includes Students for Life Action (SFLAction), a 501c4, along with its 501c3 sister organization, Students for Life of America (SFLA), that together make up the nation’s largest, pro-life youth organization, managing a grassroots political and policy operation engaging Americans of all ages but with a special emphasis on the largest segment of voters — the Youth Vote. Headquartered in Fredericksburg, VA, PLG/SFLA/SFLAction serves more than 1,400 groups on middle, high school, college, medical, and law school campuses in all 50 states. Our team has more conversations with this generation targeted by the abortion lobby than any other pro-life operation in the world, each week reaching more than 4 million across social media platforms and averaging 1.3 million video views. In addition to SFLA/SFLAction, PLG leads multiple initiatives to lead and serve the future of the pro-life movement including the Campaign for Abortion Free Cities, Standing With You, and the DemetreeInstitute for Pro-Life Advancement . Over more than 17 years, PLG CEO Kristan Hawkins has grown the operation into a nearly $20M organization, now preparing for an abortion-free America.
